Martin Sabo

Mr. Chairman, let us be straight about some facts. Since 1981, we have spent more than we have collected in receipts and interest in these funds. The way we measure the deficit is expenditures versus revenue. In 1994 and 1995, the…

I can think of nothing more foolish for the Congress to do than to refuse to extend the debt ceiling so that we go into default on our credit, so that we find ourselves in a position where we cannot send benefit checks that millions of…

To my colleagues on the Republican side, one segment of it simply endorses something you did and the Republicans in the Senate did not do, and that is not make cuts in the earned income tax credit. We commend you for it and urge you to…

I cannot imagine a proposal more devastating to the health care system of this country than the $340 billion tax cut to the well-off which is proposed in the Republican budget. The greatest travesty of this tax cut is that it is being paid…

we have heard lots of predictions today. Just let me remind Members that in August 1993, the now Speaker, Mr. Gingrich, had this to say when we passed the President's economic program. ``I believe this will lead to a recession next year.''…

here we go again. Once more we have a major piece of legislation before us, and the Republican majority has structured a rule to get around all kinds of serious Budget Act problems. The reason we have a Budget Act is to help us think…

I rise today to address the American people and give some insight into the fiscal priorities of the new Congressional leadership. This rescissions bill seeks to slash nearly one of every six dollars set aside for the disadvantaged in our…

I am just curious, NATO has been rather important to this country for 45 years, almost 50 years. Were there extensive hearings in committee as we write new law to change that historic relationship?

So it is not only a limited amendment, but it is something that sort of rushed through committee that is changing this historic relationship that our country has had with our allies?

I yield to the gentleman because the gentleman is right in what he says in terms of the ability of the President with the support of one-third of the Congress to wipe out a whole program, but that would also include education programs…

Let me finish a minute. I am not one who talks about pork. I think there is good cause at times for demo projects. I do not condemn them. I have been involved with them. Sometimes they are contract authority, sometimes they are authorized…

Members, I rise in support of this amendment, maybe for reasons different than others. I do it for the sake of consistency, not for the sake of pork versus goodness, or whatever else may be talked about today. But the reality is the base…

Mr. SABO. Mr. Chairman, Congress has passed as much or more rescissions in total than Presidents have asked for, that in the budget process we have strict spending limits on appropriated dollars. I am curious if the gentleman could tell…

I am curious what the record is over the last 40 years in terms of requests for appropriated dollars versus what the Congress has appropriated. If I am not wrong, Presidents have traditionally, both historically and in recent years…

Mr. Chairman, I intend to vote no on this bill. Let me just say as background, before I came to Congress I spent 18 years in the State legislature, 8 years heavily involved with putting State budgets together, with that primary…

This bill applies to anything that would place caps on entitlement upon or otherwise decrease the Federal Government's responsibility to provide funding for States, local government or tribal governments under the program.

I am going to vote for this amendment, but it has nothing to do with truth in budgeting and all the other rhetoric I hear on how we put budgets or appropriation bills together. Every appropriation bill that comes to the floor shows last…

I have to say to my friend from Minnesota this instruction relates to discretionary spending, which is a little over a third of the budget. Its impact is significant on discretionary spending, which is a part of the budget that we also put…

I rise in strong opposition to the Kasich motion. This is not an instruction that deals with a sliver. It is a motion that deals with reducing discretionary spending, which represents a little over a third of the Federal budget. It is the…

I oppose putting this type of requirement in the Constitution and I would like to tell you why. The Constitution did not create our budget problems and changing it will not solve them. Rather--solving our budget problems will require an…

The proposal before us has been promoted as family-friendly and fiscally responsible. Let us focus on just one provision that puts the lie to those claims. This proposal would charge market rates for the power supplied by three of the…

No, you eliminate all the subsidy plus ask 95 percent of the counties to pay more than 100 percent of their actual cost. So, they are being asked to--and I forget what the actual average is, something like $130 a month--there are…

I rise to commend him for this rule. It is a fair rule. It allows a variety of alternatives to be considered and debated by this Congress. But more importantly, I would like to say to the gentleman from South Carolina how much I and the…

I am curious what the gentleman is doing with farm programs, because as we read the budget, in 1996, it produces a billion four of revenue to the Federal Government.

No. What there is around the country is significant differences in health care costs and significant difference in Medicare reimbursements around the country. So, for most of the counties, most rural counties and even many urban areas…